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Tuesday, July 28, 2020

Idioms and phrases: Humpty Dumptyism — The act or practice of misusing or misinterpreting a word, phrase, or article of text to suit one's own meaning or purpose. Taken from the character Humpty Dumpty in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass, who states, When I use a word it means just what I choose it to mean. ( EnglishH 0222 l4y )

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Sentence: I'd rather be a bird than a fish. ( EnglishH 1531 g4v )

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